If the body expresses what the mind represses then we're going to need some somatic knowledge to help us out.

In this episode Louise shares her lived-experience as well as her professional wisdom when it comes to healing, regulating, and generally being at one with our bodies. She's full of ideas, interventions and challenges. Enjoy.

Here's some links to go with this episode...

Top Ten Somatic Exercises

Grounding Techniques

Brain development and the alarm system

Nervous system/polyvagal theory

Self regulation/Co-regulation

Mirror neurons

Vooing

Peter Levine (1)

Peter Levine (2)

Body Doubling

Isn’t just about everything we do based around relationships in some way or other? Aren’t relationships the source of 99.9% of all our happiness and 99.9% of all our distress?

In today's episode we are going to explore themes such as games people play, attachments, love, as well as substitutes of love.

Here are some show notes that follow up on some of these themes...

Games people play

https://xabierlopez.co.uk/a-classification-of-games-people-play/

A strange situation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRejV6f-Y3c

The elephant in the room

https://www.nyc.gov/assets/olr/downloads/pdf/wellness/elephantintheroom-poembyterrykettering.pdf

Harlow's monkeys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrNBEhzjg8I

Mental Load

https://english.emmaclit.com/2017/05/20/you-shouldve-asked/

It's all very well having a cognitive self. But if we want to work out stuff that isn't so easy to pin-point or find answers to, then we'll likely need a wider approach.

Welcome to the world of creativity - as a means of tapping into our unconscious self. Welcome to the idea that when we are actively expressive we are less dominated by our neocortex and more open to accessing more aspects of ourselves.

In this session you'll be invited to undertake 10 relatively simple tasks. With time and space, alongside pens, pencils and 10 sheets of paper, let's have an experience and see where it takes us.